What's the difference between and

Cabin vs Cabana - What's the difference?

Cabana is a see also of cabin.

As nouns the difference between cabin and cabana

is that cabin is (us) a small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it while cabana is a cabin or hut for relaxing.

As a verb cabin

English

Noun

(lb) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

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*1994 , Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet Quill

*:And that was how long we stayed in the cabin , pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered.

(lb) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.

A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs.

A private room on a ship.

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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.

The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10
, passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin , which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}